Fire-escape



No. 625,I47. Patented May I6, |899..

P. COMBE.

FIRE ESCAPE.

(Application mea :rm.12,1s99.) illu Model.)

IINrTnD STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP OOOMBE, OF ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,147, dated May* 16, 1899.

Application tiled January 12,1899. Serial No. 701,971. (No model.)

port fire-escapes.

The object of the invention is to provide a hoisting basket or car adapted to be raised and lowered from the ground which may be adjusted at any point along the front or side of a building, so that passengers may be lowered or workmen or firemen may be raised opposite any part of the side of the building.

The'invention consists in certain constructions and combinations hereinafter described, and specified in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation ofa building, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to that of Fig. l, showing a corner of the building at the roof, the supporting-brackets and the rails in elevation and the traversing car or trolley in section. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the car or trolleyand the Way or track.

1 is a building, as a hotel, boarding-house, factory, or business building, as the case may be, upon the top of which, at the edge of the roof, are secured brackets 2 2, to which are securely attached rails 3 3. These brackets are preferably arranged to extend upward and outward somewhat from the roof, so as to 4swiveled connection 6, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. 4The rails arel conveniently formed of sheet metal, each of the rails having its'edges bent over to form a dovetail channel for the trucks. By reason of this i construction there is no possibility of the trucks jumping or being detached from the track. Passing over the sheave 5 is a hoisting-rope 7, having attached to one extremity a car or basket 8, the other end passing around a sheave or guide-pulley 9 at or near the base of the building, the hoisting-rope being of sufficient length to permit the car to be raised from the ground to the roof of the building and lowered to the ground. A line 10 is attached to the car or basket in a suitable way and of sufficient length to reach the ground when the basket is at its highest position for haulin g or swinging the car or basket outside of any projection on the building, such as a veranda or other obstruction. Obviously the main hoisting-rope 7 may be operated without passingaround the guide-pulley or sheave 9, although such arrangement will ordinarily be one of convenience.

Connected with the car and leading over guide-pulleys or sheaves ll 1l, at either end of the building, are shifting-cords or lanyards 12 l2, extending to the ground for shifting the trolley along its track to any point along the side of the building. These lanyards or shifting-cords may also be led around sheaves or guide-pulleys 13 13 or not, as may. be preferred. The shifting-cords or lanyards at the ends of the building may, if desired, be brought down through pipes, which would serve to protect them from fire and other in-V jury, and in such case the guide-pulley or sheave will be arranged at or near the bottom of the pipes.

Obviously the track-rails may be formed in any suitable manner, provided they are given a dovetail channel; but the method of form- IOO from the building, a double track or way supbackward and forward along the side of the ported by and between saidhangers, each rail building, substantially as described. 1o of the track having a dovetail channel, a trol- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ley having trucks adapted to fit and work in in presence of two witnesses.

5 said dovetail ways, a passenger ear or basket PHILIP COOMBE.

suspended from the trolley, a hoisting rope Witnesses: v or cable for raising and lowering the passen- T. F. DONAHOE, ger-ear, and means for traversing the trolley W. A. JUNKIN. 

